Arch and ankle support



Aug. 6, 1935. 1 Y J CARTLEDGE 2,010,749

ARCH AND ANKLE SUPPORT Filed March 27, 1954 .Inuenior Attorney Patented Aug. 6, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 7 ARCH AND ANKLE SUPPORT John Joseph Cartledge, Guelph, Ontario, Canada,

assignor of one-half to H. Stewart Jones, London, Ontario, Canada Application March 27, 1934, Serial No. 717,655 In Canada February 23, 1934 1 Claim.

provision of an arch and ankle support so com-' bined in one unit that the arch and instep of the foot are fully surrounded as well as the arch being supportedlin the usual way.

Another object is to provide a combined arch and ankle support which shall have, as desired, lateral stretch or elasticity at the meeting point of the two parts thereof. v

Another object is to provide a combined arch and ankle support the elasticityof which extends from the ankle portion to the arch portion both longitudinally and laterally of the foot resulting in a perfect fit of the support, ensuring complete comfort at all times.

Other objects as well as many advantages of the supports forming the subject matter of this 20 invention will become apparent in the following description, supplemented by the drawing which illustrates in perspective a combined support, in accordance with this invention as applied to the foot.

The support includes a vertically disposed ankle encompassing portion or section 5 formed of a strip of elastic fabric 5 standing on one of its lengthwise edges and overlapping upon itself to provide a vertically disposed band. The ends of strip 5 are anchored together, as at 6 to maintain it in band-like form.

The support also'includes a horizontally disposed arch encompassing portion or section 1 formed of a strip of elastic fabric 1 correspond- 35 ing in width to and of greater length than that of the strip 5. The ends of strip 1' are cut on a bias. The strip 1' stands upon one of its side faces, is overlapped upon itself to provide a horizontally disposed band and to position its bias end edges flush with each-other. The flush edges of the strip 1" are secured against the front of the inner edge of section 5 by a row of stitching 9 whereby strip 1 is maintained in band-like form and section '1 is arranged below and extends outwardly at right angles to the front of section 5. 10

through the ankle portion and raising same over 20 the heel at the same time stretching the arch portion and sliding same over the foot until it assumes a comfortable bearing around the arch and instep.

What I claim is:

2 In a support, an ankle encircling band of 5 stretchable material, an arch'support consisting of a band of stretchable material completely encircling the arch, the ends of said arch support overlapping each other and being joined and 30 secured at the lower front part of said ankle encircling band, and longitudinally elastic means joining said ankle band and said arch support as aforesaid, to permit longitudinal elasticity of the joint itself.

JOHN JOSEPH CARTLEDGE. 

